The Krusenstierna Garden

The Krusenstierna Garden is the only one of the many bourgeois farms or gardens that once surrounded the fortress city of Kalmar, that has been preserved. The main house has been preserved intact since the 19th century and is filled with heirlooms that the family collected over several generations.

 

The farm was purchased in 1874 by Hermina von Krusenstierna, who three years later
married her cousin Lieutenant Philip von Krusenstierna. Hermina was the daughter of Louise and Carl Mauritz von Krusenstjerna and many of the objects in the home came from Hermina's grandfather, Colonel and East Indiaman, Mauritz Salomon von Krusenstierna. After Hermina's death 1915, the farm was inherited by the couple's loyal servant and friend, Hulda Nydell, who in turn donated the farm to the city of Kalmar and the Kalmar County Historical Society in 1940.
Both the buildings and garden are heritage listed. The Krusenstierna Garden includes a clone archive for old, local varieties of pear and apple trees.

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The Krusenstierna Garden is sine the donation 1940 run by a foundation with
representatives from the city of Kalmar, which inherited the land and buildings, and from the Kalmar County Museum, which inherited all the furnishing and subjects. The family von Krusenstierna is represented through a post as deputy bord member, normally manned by the Swedish von Krusenstierna family association. Current representative is Otto von Krusenstierna, chairman of the Swedish von Krusenstierna family association.

 

During summer, guided tours are held in the main building, which is now a museum, and a café is run in the garden.